Materialise (MTLS) Research & Development (2013 - 2026)

Materialise (MTLS) reported Research & Development of -$13.9 million for Q1 2026, down 15.94% year-over-year from -$16.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 1.29% quarter-over-quarter from -$14.1 million in Q4 2025.

Materialise (MTLS) Research & Development (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Materialise (MTLS) has 14 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at -$13.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at -$13.9 million, down 15.94% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$54.0 million (down 10.31% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$53649.6, down 13.08% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development climbed to -$13.9 million in Q1 2026 per MTLS's latest filing, from -$14.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at -$8.7 million in Q1 2022 and troughed at -$14.1 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of -$11.4 million and a median of -$11.7 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Research & Development slumped 150050.11% in 2022, then grew 7.18% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at -$11.7 million in 2022, then rose by 7.18% to -$10.9 million in 2023, then declined by 18.79% to -$12.9 million in 2024, then retreated by 9.08% to -$14.1 million in 2025, then gained by 1.29% to -$13.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MTLS's Research & Development at -$13.9 million in Q1 2026, -$14.1 million in Q4 2025, and -$13.4 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 1.63 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 1.20 Bn
10 Materialise 35.17 Mn 35.01 Mn 44.36 Mn -13.92 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -13.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -14.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -13.37 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -12.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -12.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -12.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -12.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -11.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -11.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -10.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -10.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -10.33 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -9.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -11.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -9.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -9.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -8.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -7,810.00
Sep 30, 2021 -7,644.00
Jun 30, 2021 -8,133.00